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Walter R. Booth's THE AIRSHIP DESTROYER (1909)

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Walter R. Booth's THE AIRSHIP DESTROYER (1909)


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zeppelin, aircraft, Science Fiction, silent movie, war weapons, tank, missile
Early SciFi film with war Zeppelin like aircrafts destroying civilian areas.
Emazingly enough, this film anounces not so much the WWI, which hadn't occured yet, but WWII (the Blitz, numerous destroyed cities and Millions of civilians killed...) Films have too often dreadful premonitions...

Quite realistic, even if it has this nice Jules Verne and Georges Melies look.

more info on http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0000790/
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2010-05-11 14:45:35
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color
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6 minutes 42 seconds
Identifier
WalterR.BoothsTheAirshipDestroyer1909
Run time
6:42
Sound
sound

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Reviewer: Steve White - favoritefavoritefavorite - February 26, 2023
Subject: Prescient of WWI zeppelin bombings
This foresaw the German bombing of Britain by zeppelins, 1914–1918.

It contains some interesting cinematographic perspectives, with model airships in the background, and larger ones between the models and the audience.

I read that this was first released in Austria-Hungary under the title "Der Luftkrieg Der Zukunft".

Note that the last panel reads "Pause". I wonder why. Was there more?

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